Risk Management Fall Protection Items

There are a lot of different products out there that can be used to prevent falling or any other type of risk in a wheelchair. Bed & chair exit alarms are among the most popular fall prevention products in the medical world. These alarms sound if someone has slipped or fallen from there bed or wheelchair. It’s very convenient for everyone knowing that if someone has accidentally fallen off of there bed or wheelchair, and alarm will sound and the caregiver will know right away to fix this issue.

Ocelco Fall Prevention Best ValueUMP Fall PreventionMicro-Tech Fall PreventionNurse Assist Fall Prevention

 

Most of these items come with pads to put underneath the bed or wheelchair user. The pad makes for a pressure sensor that will sound every time. These products work very good for awareness but lets move on to some products that will help prevent the fall in the first place. We have many different kinds of wheelchair cushions that can help prevent falling such as wedge cushions, abductor cushions and more. The Wedge cushion is angled making it much harder far anyone to slip out of and the Abductor cushion has a lip in the middle making it even more difficult for anyone to slip and slide out of there wheelchair.

Wedge CushionsAbductor Cushions

 

Thank you for taking a minute to find out a little more about risk management and fall protection items here at the MedicalProductBlog. We hope this information has helped you!

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